Shoulder strap



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- H. GERSTZN E? AL SHOULDER STRAP Filed Nov. 22

liet? GERSTEIH, QARVEBNE, ANDFRLNK GEB/STEIN, OF NT'EV YORK, h1.

SHGLDER STEAL?.

nomination filed November 22, 1921. Serial No. tlc.

To all w/aom fit may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY Gnns'rinn, :i citizen of the United States, residin et lrverne, county ot' Queens, State of New d York. :ind FRANK Gnnsrnm, a citizen of the lUnited States, residing in the borough of Bronx, county of Bronx, and State of New York, have invented certain new und useful Improvements in Shoulder Straps, of which the 'following is e speciicution.

rlhis invention relates to shoulder straps for hrossires, and has for its primary object resilient to erniit freedom ot movement of the hotly Without exerting undue strains or stresses upon the garment to which the strep embodying our invention is attached.

A further object of our invention is to so construct e strep having the necessary resilient characteristics es to present e neet end attractive appearance when incorporoted into the garment with which the strap is particularly adopted to be used.

n :curther objects ot our invention will hecome apparent from the 'following description toison in connection with the drawings in which:

Figure l is e fece View 'of the body structure oit e strep embodying our invention.

Figure :E is e similar View to that of Fignre ,i in which the body structure is shown es stretched or extended and covered with e, suitelole material While so extended.

Figure 3 is e fece vieny ot the strep embodying our invention, the saine being shown es retrncted to normal length.

The body structure illustrated in Figure 1 which We employ in building up s strep emloodying our invention, is composed of an intermediate section 5 of inelastic material, such es any suitable quality of cloth fabric or other flexible material, to the ends of which ere sewed or stitched tabs 6 of suitel ble elastic tape. The intermediate section 5 and the telas 6 ore of such lengths es may'be required for the particular garment with which the strep is intended to loe used, the

the provision 'of such :in article suiliciently.

length of the intermediate section 5 or that' of the tabs 6 being determined to some extent upon the degree of elasticity required f sion causing the tabs 6 to stretch, whereupon f the structure while held taut, is covered with n suitable binding or covering if of fabric or Aother flexible materiel Which'is stitched it its meeting longitudinal edges 8, 'to the loody structure :is shown in Figure il.

strep constructed in accordance with our invention is such, as illustrated in Figure 3, that the covering 7 et the ends thereof is so folded or shirred iis to permit the ellistic to readily contract or lengthen es the cese muy require when the strep is incorporated into such garments es are particularly adapted to loe` used in connection therewith.

Hoving thus described our invention what we claimvis:

A shoulder strep comprising en inelastic Hexible intermediate section, elastic tabs connected to seid intermediate section et opposite ends thereof, e covering enclosing seid intermediete section and hor-ing its longitudinel edges-overlapped approximately et the longitudinal centre of the strap and a line of einem ennsrsin. reins. onnsrent.. 

